Why I write fanfiction

[lindahoyland]

A member of a group I'm in asked this question,so I thought I would share my answer here too.

I can remember making up stories in my head about the characters in
the Enid Blyton stories I loved as a child. I was convinced one of
the characters was coming to visit me, I became so immersed in the
stories.

When I started to use the Internet years later, I was briefly
friendly with a girl who started a round robin story on a Star Trek
fan site and she talked me into taking part.I enjoyed it and wrote
most of that story and one other before losing interest.

A couple of years later I went to see "The Return of the King" in the
cinema and wondered what happened between the destruction of the Ring
and Frodo and Sam waking up,as nether book nor film told me.(I had
read the book about 20 years before)

I searched the Net for a story to fill the gap to my liking but could
nat find one and none had enough of Aragorn in them.

I wrote "The Hidden Days of Healing" to fill the gap to my liking.It
was meant to be my only story but the plot for another and another
keep jumping in my head and demanding I write them.

I like Tolkien's world because of the old fashioned values of
friendship,loyalty and honour and a world free from the "sex with
everything" culture, which seems to pervade modern society.

I love the courage ,heroism and self scarifice of Tolkien's world and
he created wonderful characters and left tantalising clues for
further adventures.

Comments

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing! I don't write ffiction, but if I ever did, it were gap-fillers.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased you found it interesting.I hope one day you will feel inspired to write as it is great fun.

[celebne.livejournal.com]

Very interesting, Linda! I read also the books 20 years before the movies were released.
When I have watched the movies, I have found many fanfictions about LOTR in the internet. I have begun to write fanfictions in the X-Men fandom before. But, since 2004, I am writing only about LOTR. I write mostly stories about my favorite character Faramir. In the German LOTR fandom, there are too less stories about Faramir.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased you found it interesting.
Faramir is one of my favourite characters too who gradually won my heart.
I wish my German were as good as your English.
That is interesting that you too read the books long ago.

[iruviel.livejournal.com]

Linda that's very interesting seeing how you got started in writing. This is MusicDreamer7 from fanfiction.net if your remember me. I moved across country and started my first job so I've been pretty busy. I'm finding I want to write again as I loved doing it as a child, but then life seemed to get in the way of the hobby. I may start writing short fanfiction to get me started again. I haven't really decided yet. But do keep writing your wonderful stories.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

It is great to hear from you.You are are part of my fanfiction storyas you have been my rteader for longest!I've added you to my friends' list.
I hope you'll be able to write again,good luck!